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U.S. unsure it can meet deadline to disburse funds to tribes

(Gregory Bull | AP file photo) A woman walks before dawn in Toksook Bay, Alaska, a mostly Yuip'ik village on the edge of the Bering Sea, Jan. 20, 2020. Native American leaders are raising questions about how $8 billion in federal coronavirus relief tagged for tribes will be distributed, with some arguing that for-profit Alaska Native corporations shouldn't get a share of the funding.